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Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck speaking at the Train the Trainer session: Lay Magistrates’ Court, held at Hilton Rose Hall Resort and Spa, Montego Bay, St. James, on Saturday (September 28).

List Of Probate And Divorce Cases To Be Cleared By End Of 2019

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is projecting that the list of probate and divorce cases in the court system will be cleared up by the end of 2019. He made the disclosure while speaking on Saturday (September 28) at a...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (second left) and Director of Public Prosecutions, Paula Llewellyn (second right), sign the contract valued at $626,441,055 for the renovation and expansion of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The signing was done on Thursday (September 26) during a quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices, in St. Andrew. Observing (from left) are Director, Y.P Seaton and Associates Company Limited, Calvert Mundle and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Sancia Bennett Templer.

Office Of The DPP To Be Renovated And Expanded

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, speaking at a quarterly press briefing at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in St. Andrew on September 26.

Tougher Law Coming To Deal With Dog Attacks

Legal Officer, Legal Aid Council (LAC), Kerona Spence (left), gives the thumbs-up sign while conversing with Head of Development Cooperation, Canadian High Commission, Pascale Turcotte (right) and Senior Development Officer, Development Cooperation, High Commission of Canada, Deborah Duperly-Pinks, at the launch of the LAC's website on Wednesday (September 4), at the Ministry of Justice, Constant Spring Road, St. Andrew.

Easier Access to Services on Legal Aid Website

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses members of the audience at the launch of the Legal Aid Council website on Wednesday (September 4), at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road office in Kingston. The website is intended to increase awareness of the work of the Counil and improve public access to the necessary information and resources available for legal aid.

Legal Aid Council to Get Two Additional Mobile Units

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Legal Aid Council Launches Website

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, says the Legal Aid Council website will create greater access to quality legal services for all Jamaicans. Addressing the website’s launch on Wednesday (September 4) at the Ministry’s Constant Spring Road offices in Kingston, the Minister said this is a technological leap for the Legal Aid Council, and will have a profound impact on the...

President of the Court of Appeal, Hon. Justice Dennis Morrison.

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Law School Pays Tribute to Late Principal and Court of Appeal President

Two mock-trial courtrooms at the Norman Manley Law School (NMLS) are to be named in honour of late former Principal of the institution, Keith Stanford Sobion and President of the Court of Appeal, Justice C. Dennis Morrison. The initiative is part of the 45th anniversary celebration of the law school and Legal Aid Clinic located on the Mona campus of...

Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner.

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Legal Aid Council Provides Help For 107 Mentally Ill Persons

The Legal Aid Council (LAC) has provided legal representation for 107 mentally ill persons, within the last year. Speaking with JIS News, Executive Director of the Legal Aid Council, Hugh Faulkner, says his organisation was only able to act, because a family member came forward to receive these individuals. “We are urging persons who have family members who are mentally...

Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green (left), accepts his Instrument of Office from Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, after being installed at Northers Caribbean University in Mandeville, Manchester, on August 29.

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Shaw Calls on JPs to Make an Impact in Their Communities

Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, is calling on justices of the peace (JPs), to always be visibly active in diffusing tensions and conflicts in their communities and sow the seeds of peace. He was speaking at the installation of Custos Rotulorum of Manchester, Hon. Garfield Green, by Governor-General, His Excellency the Most Hon. Sir Patrick...

Pesticides Control Authority Registrar, Tamara Morrison, speaks at JIS ‘Think Tank’.

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Persons Warned Not to Purchase Pesticides with Repackaged Labels

The Pesticides Control Authority (PCA) is warning citizens against purchasing pesticides with repackaged labels. According to the PCA Registrar, Tamara Morrison, it is illegal to repackage labels, as the Authority is the only body mandated to regulate the manufacture, use and distribution of pesticides. “We have inspectors that visit these stores and they see these repackaged containers that can be...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, addresses Justices of the Peace and members of the Jamaica Constabulary Force at a Child Diversion Programme Sensitisation seminar, held in Mandeville, Manchester, on August 28.

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Justice Minister Calls Out Delinquent Fathers

Justice Minister, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is calling out fathers who are not living up to their responsibility. Delivering the main address at a Child Diversion Programme Sensitisation seminar for Justices of the Peace and the police, in Mandeville on August 28, the Minister said far too many fathers are being called to the family courts for maintenance. “The poor mothers...

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck (right), listens to Custos Rotulorum of St. Andrew, Hon. Dr. Patricia Dunwell, during a Child Diversion sensitisation session at the Ministry of Justice, in St. Andrew, on Thursday (August 22).

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Justice Minister Says More JPs Needed as Mentors in Child Diversion Programme

Minister of Justice, Hon. Delroy Chuck, is calling on more Justices of the Peace (JPs) to become mentors for youth under the Child Diversion Programme. During a Child Diversion sensitisation session at the Ministry of Justice, in St. Andrew, on Thursday (August 22), Mr. Chuck noted that when the programme is rolled out, assistance will be needed from JPs across...